OC-Technical Analysis-Tu Pac 'Dear Mama'

Shot Number	Type of Shot	Camera Movement and Mise-en-scene	Shot Duration
1	MLS	Static shot of the mum behind bars in prison	7s
2	CS	Handicam close-up of the mum when she is older.	4s
3	MLS	Tilting and backward zoom shows a young Tu Pac running out of a shop.	5s
4	MCS	Panning shot  from right to left in the prison from behind the bars, shows police officer walking with his coche touching the bars.	5s
5	MLS	Panning shot from up to down show Tu Pac at his dads grave, with it then fading out into the next shot.	8
6	MS	POV handicam shows people gambling at table. Jerky movements are evident, this might suggest the person is intoxicated.	2s
7	MS	Whip pan shows Tu Pac in the street with camera view blurred and fading into next shot	2s
8	MCS	Tilt from diagonal to flat positions Tu Pac with his sister sitting down with his mum coming from behind	5s
9	MCS	Backwards zoom from a close-up to a mid-close up of Tu Pac, his mum and his sister	6s
10	CS	Pan from up to down of the shoulder of Tu Pac .	4s
11	MCS	Pan movement forward towards Tu Pac as a boy.	4s
12	MLS	Forward track towards the door shows Tu Pac getting mugged, blurred visals suggests confusion in the situation does not know what is going on.	5s
13	MS	Pan to the left and then up shows a man on a stretcher being put into an ambulance, blurred visuals illustrate he’s hurt	5s
14	CS	Static shot of Tu Pac on the tv screen in black and white, connoting this is old footage which they are looking back on	2s
15	MS	The final shot is static with characer blocking of the mum in the living room bing to the right of the TV	4s

•  In the music video there are many aspects to it that we can consider for our final piece
• The narrative is very much based on family with the lyrics and title of the song suggesting this, something which is also reflected in the lyrics of our song
• Synaethesia is also evident when the mum in the living room with colour saturation being very yellow connoting warmth and relaxation. This with the gentle and subtle chorus represents this.
• Lip syncing very conventional of Hip-hop and can be seen throughout in this music video but this something we are trying to avoid with are main focus on developing the narrative.
• In this video what is presented really well is time and whether it’s past or present. This done in the music video by sometimes being blurred or it being black and white. Found footage is also used with this being something that we were going to use. So this video has definitely given ideas in how we can represent time in our final video.
• Throughout the video the cutting rate is slow with a relaxed and slow tone to the music which is unconventional of Hip-hop but this is also something we were looking at reproducing. When the cutting was quite fast the shot usually faded out to counteract the fast sharp cutting.
•  In the music video there is a few static shots this was mainly to represent the location or to show the found footage. But through there is also a lot of camera movement with panning shots evident.  Also handicam is used to good effect with it being used in a POV format to make the audience feel present. Handicam is also used when the visuals are blurred this is to emphasise confusion as it is harder to make out what is actually going on.
•   The constant fading in and out of shots keeps the audience at a distance as it sometimes difficult to actually make out what is going on.

Screen shots from 10chearo